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The Collaborative Research Grant Incentive (CRGI) provides incentive payments to UT Southwestern faculty members who are the PIs and Co-PIs/MPIs or Project Leaders of NIH program projects (P), research cooperative agreements (U), or collaborative program for multidisciplinary teams (RM) grants.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Texas faced many long-standing public health challenges, including high rates of various common chronic illnesses, such as obesity and heart disease, disparities in access to care, and the impact of socioeconomic determinants on health in our communities.

Three nurses, a housekeeping attendant, a physical therapist, and a social worker are the most recent winners of UT Southwestern’s Diana and Richard C. Strauss Service Excellence Awards.

The next phase of development on North Campus reached a significant milestone with the completion of exterior framework on a new two-tower building dedicated to the growing research programs of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and the outpatient care efforts of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. A virtual topping out ceremony was held Nov. 30 to celebrate the occasion.

In March, the clock was ticking for Lee Carver. Tests revealed a mass on her pancreas that could turn into cancer. Pancreatic cancer has the fourth highest mortality rate for both men and women – but expert surgical removal of the mass could stop cancer from ever developing.

Dr. Matthew, keynote speaker for UT Southwestern’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration, emphasized how justice in medicine starts with the individuals in the room, as well as with UT Southwestern as an institution.

Institutional Service Award

When Dr. Choy joined UTSW as Chair of Radiation Oncology in 2003, the Department had eight faculty members. It has since grown to more than 70 faculty members today. Meanwhile, patient volume has increased five-fold, with 3,500 patients served during the most recent fiscal year. In addition, a heightened emphasis on the education and training of future radiation oncologists has attracted highly qualified applicants.

The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 30 distinguished cancer centers throughout the United States.

Edith Jones O’Donnell, renowned for her commitment to arts and education and a pivotal figure in helping transform UT Southwestern Medical Center through extraordinary support from the O’Donnell Foundation she founded with husband Peter O’Donnell, Jr., passed away on Nov. 14. She was 94. Together and through the Foundation they established in 1957, Edith and Peter O’Donnell have supported some of the most innovative and impactful programs at the Medical Center.